Re: Proposal: TRUNCATE TABLE table RESTRICT

> At 09:24 PM 6/8/00 +0900, Tatsuo Ishii wrote:
> >It seems the truncate command deletes all rows from a table even it is
> >referenced by another tables. TRUNCATE is not in the standard any way,
> >so I would not claim this is a bug. However, sometimes it would be
> >helpful for a user to let him notice that the table about to be
> >truncated is referenced by some tables. So I would propose to add
> >"RESTRICT" option to the command. I mean if RESTRICT is specified,
> >TRUNCATE will fail if the table is referenced.
>
> Shouldn't it always fail if an explicit foreign key reference
> exists to the table, in much the way that delete of a referenced
> row does? If it doesn't now, I think it's a bug.
>
> If the references are implicit (no REFERENCE or FOREIGN KEY given
> to inform the db of the relationship) then a RESTRICT option to
> truncate does seem useful.

TODO updated:

* Prevent truncate on table with a referential integrity trigger (RESTRICT)

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